Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex girls soccer tournament begins today

Hunterdon
Central and Pope John (Sparta) received the top seeds for the fourth annual Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex girls soccer tournament, which begins this afternoon with three play-in games. The first
round of tournament play is Saturday.

Hunterdon
Central, a two-time finalist in the tourney, is the 1A top seed and on Saturday
will host the winner of today's 9A Delaware Valley at 8B High Point play-in game. Pope John is the 1B top seed and entertains the survivor of today's 9B
Sussex Tech at 8A North Warren contest on Saturday.

Rounding out
the matchups, the third play-in game pits 10B Hopatcong at 7A Voorhees today,
the winner drawing 2B Sparta on Saturday. Other first-round games feature 5A
Belvidere at 4B Lenape Valley, 6B Kittatinny at 3A Hackettstown, 6A Warren
Hills at 3B Newton, and 5B Wallkill Valley at 4A Phillipsburg.

The tournament will continue on successive Saturdays with games at the higher-seeded
schools. The championship game is slated for 2 p.m. Oct. 27 at Hunterdon
Central.

High Point
is the defending H/W/S champion and has won the title twice. Vernon captured
the crown two years ago.